Ferrandina's coat of arms carries six F's, and they are an acrostic: Fridericus Ferranti Filius Ferrandinam Fabbricare Fecit — Frederick, son of Ferrante, had Ferrandina built. It was he who in 1494 gave the town his father's name, King Ferrante of Aragon.
Here the Dominicans set up a wool industry: the cloth that came out of it was called ferlandina and was sought all over the Kingdom of Naples; in 1546 the friars raised the dome of San Domenico to show how much they counted. Maria Barbella came from here, who in 1895 became the second woman sentenced to the electric chair in the United States, and never went to it. The population is 8,973.
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📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Ferrandina celebrates Saint Roch; the mother church of Santa Maria della Croce, built from 1490, has three Byzantine-style domes and gilded statues of Frederick of Aragon and his wife.
Durum wheat semolina, thick crust, shaped as a horn or a tall loaf: Pane di Matera has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2008.
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